• Whether Jesus was gay or straight in no way affects who he was and what he means for the world today, Oestricher writes.

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  • The Jargoneer never simply buys a stock or an index or a bond in a straight-up way.

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  • The 14-1 chance looked like he might run of steam in the final straight but battled all the way to give Murphy his third win in the race since 2000.

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  • Vettel made a slow start to the 2012 as there were eight different winners in the first eight races, but a run of four straight victories in the autumn set him on the way to his title triple, while Red Bull retained the constructors' title.

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  • Failure to negotiate the group stage of the UEFA Champions League for a second straight season means little if any in the way of extra money is coming from the Champions League pool.

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  • Regardless of the flavor or production method, there's only one way to drink aquavit in Scandinavia: straight up, from a small, stemmed glass.

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  • Debit cards have grown in popularity as a way for consumers to pay straight from their bank accounts because it is a free and easy alternative to carrying a check book, and is less hassle than making a stop to get cash from a live teller or ATM.

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  • Like Nassise, Lemal's iPad was packaged in a way that suggested he was buying a product straight from the manufacturer.

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  • "The utilisation of sex as a classification method is rational, since it is a straight forward way to ensure that birth records in the City of New York are uniform, " lawyers for the city wrote in a court filing.

    BBC: Transgender Americans take on New York

  • Going back to Greece, it as we know is in trouble at the moment, but if Apple were to move its headquarters there, can anyone say with a straight face that it would suffer financing difficulties in the way that its government is?

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  • They can be couched in such a way that you probably couldn't tell it straight, right?

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  • Despite the slick field and poor conditions on a storm-hit night, the Spaniards looked superb with their footwork and passing on their way to a seventh straight win that left them unbeaten in 17 games.

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  • Seemingly on his way to a straight-sets defeat, Djokovic dug in to rattle off the next six games to take the third set -- the first time in seven matches that Nadal had lost a set at Roland Garros.

    CNN: Nadal's French Open quest halted by rain

  • Yes, it was disappointing how in his semi-final against Rafael Nadal he lost seven straight games in the second set after missing that crucial forehand, but the way he played near perfect tennis in the first was amazing.

    BBC: Wimbledon 2011: Tim Henman on Andy Murray

  • Straight from a play-the-ball, Briscoe weaved his way in from the left wing for a brilliant solo effort, an eighth try in 13 games this season for the 21-year-old England international.

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  • But if this small sample is in any way an accurate reflection of the truth, then the first and most straight-forward conclusion is that Notre Dame is more likely to see its football players graduate relative to other schools with high-caliber football programs.

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  • Avihai Yadin sent his fierce shot straight at Tuffey before David Healy, who endured another frustrating night in attack, made way for Burnley striker Martin Paterson.

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  • And finally, we believe in keeping our priorities straight, because we know good and well that cutting Sesame Street is no way to balance our budget. (Applause.) We know better than that.

    WHITEHOUSE: Remarks by the First Lady at a Campaign Event

  • And finally, we believe in keeping our priorities straight, because we know good and well that cutting Sesame Street is no way to balance our budget. (Applause.) Shortchanging our kids, shortchanging our young people is not how we tackle the deficit.

    WHITEHOUSE: The White House

  • When a patient calls 111, an operator - who is trained in the same way as a 999 operator - can send out an ambulance, put someone straight through to a nurse, book an out-of-hours GP appointment, or direct the caller to a pharmacist or dentist.

    BBC: Tories call for NHS 24 to be a freephone service

  • Roddick, who been troubled by a shoulder injury this season, looked on his way to a straight-sets win but Mahut fought back to level the match in a tie-break.

    BBC: Djokovic opens defence in style

  • Just as Bahrain suits Massa, so does Turkey and the Brazilian forced his way back into the title race by turning pole position into his third straight win in Istanbul.

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  • And finally, we believe in keeping our priorities straight -- because we know good and well that cutting Sesame Street is no way to balance our budget. (Laughter and applause.) We know better than that.

    WHITEHOUSE: Remarks by the First Lady at a Campaign Event

  • Running a financing process this way would be like asking Mariano Rivera to go from a cold seat in the dugout straight onto the mound to pitch the ninth inning of a playoff game without first spending some time in the bullpen.

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  • Fourth seed Raonic fired an impressive 14 aces on his way to a ninth straight victory and remains on course to add to his tournament victories in Chennai and San Jose.

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  • And here comes Instagram's role: By allowing people to push their images straight into their Facebook feeds (and straight out again as a commercial), Facebook has a unique powerful tool for integrating images in a way that were only dreamed of before.

    CNN: What Facebook will do with Instagram

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